The Puerto Rican animated film OSKÄR will be screened at the 13th edition of the Festival de Cine de las Américas in New York (TAFFNY), with its awards ceremony at the Smithsonian Museum in New York scheduled between September 30 and October 9. ^[1] Ariel Orama López, director of the Puerto Rican animated film OSKÄR, said in written statements that screening the film at the Smithsonian and in New York is a triumph for independent cinema from Puerto Rico and proof that new visual narratives know no borders. ^[2] The animated film OSKÄR is directed by Ariel Orama López and features animation by Jorge Dardo Caceres. ^[3] The Puerto Rican animated film OSKÄR has received more than a dozen awards and international selections at film festivals across America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. ^[4]